#8B5BE9#8B5BE9

#8B5BE9 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.205 H 295.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B5BE9
RGB	rgb(139, 91, 233)
HSL	hsl(260, 76%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(260, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.3%, 60.9%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.52, 50.26, -65.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.52, 82.30, 307.64°)
OKLab	oklab(59.49% 0.0866 -0.1857)
OKLCH	oklch(59.49% 0.205 295)
XYZ	xyz(29.0926, 18.8537, 79.1813)
Luminance	0.1885 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B5BE9 #B9E95B

analogous

#5B72E9 #8B5BE9 #D25BE9

triadic

#8B5BE9 #E98B5B #5BE98B

tetradic

#8B5BE9 #E95B72 #B9E95B #5BE9D2

square

#8B5BE9 #E95B72 #B9E95B #5BE9D2

split-complementary

#8B5BE9 #E9D25B #72E95B

monochromatic

#4C18B2 #6525E2 #8B5BE9 #B191F0 #D7C7F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.40

#8B5BE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.77

#8B5BE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B5BE9

4.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B5BE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B5BE9	1.00	4.40	4.77	4.77
#FFFFFF	4.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0079EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0076E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#737B9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b5be9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 91, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.205 295.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b38bf1',
    500: '#8b5be9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b5be9;
$custom-light: #b38bf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b5be9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.282,
    "s": 76.344,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59489,
    "c": 0.2049,
    "h": 295
  },
  "luminance": 0.18854
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B5BE9

secondary

#D8E9B7

accent

#D90D94

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#120C17

muted

#817D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B5BE9

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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